D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mastersinger

· Mas·ter·sing·er · IPA
01 n. One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselv…
  1. 1.
    One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.